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Perhaps the most famous us army vehicle of wwII is the 1/4 ton 4 x 4 truck, it was nicknamed the Jeep after the early minneapolis-moline prime movers of the late 30's, many believe the name Jeep to be derived from the us army designation of the vehicle as general purpose or gp, the usage of Jeep predates the introduction of the well know 4 x 4, image is shot at fredriksten fortress in halden